Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb.

“Так уж устроена школа. Самая важная вещь, которую мы там узнаем, заключается в …”

“But that was the last time. That was…how should I say it? ... the one moment in…”

“On the flip side of everything we think we absolutely have pegged lurks an equa…”

“Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all.”